Does Philip Hammond approve of wages being kept down in this manner: A South African woman has described working as a fruit picker on farms in the south of England as "slave labour". "… (View Post)

Are you sure nobody will be expecting much ? I don't see how the public sector unions don't demand a lot and very quickly. (View Post)

True. But doctors didn't demand a 35% pay increase in 1997. I doubt they'll demand a 35% pay increase from PM Starmer either - more likely to be 50% by then. And every other public sector u… (View Post)

Sob stories in the Guardian about mortgage rates: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/22/this-is-ruining-peoples-lives-homeowners-hit-by-uk-mortgage-crisis-speak-out Three of the people are… (View Post)

Hammond has never had a problem with property price inflation. He's someone who believes in a rentier economy where income comes from ownership rather than a productive economy where income come… (View Post)